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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > 2024 AI Chat Thread - Well I have bad news for everyone who enjoys working on cars
 
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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008
 RSV is going around too.

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008
 If you're prescribed paxlovid, make sure you pick up some candy with it. The metallic taste in your mouth is awful.

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

Not Wolverine posted:

How does the quality of Adventure Force compare to Hot wheels or matchbox cars? Similarly, do you collect matchbox cars too? I didn't see any in your haul.

Are those Linux reference books up to date? Are they really more useful than like just using Google? I use a Linux PC as my daily driver and I know enough to keep the system from breaking, I would like to learn more, but I don't own any reference books and I'm not sure they would still be the best way to learn more. Like a looong time ago my step dad purchased a boxed set for Mandrake Linux, it had a dozen CDs and a thick book, and this was relevant and useful at the time because we were still on dialup.

Try building Linux from Scratch?

https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

Not Wolverine posted:

Does installing Arch count? :haw: I read the LFS guide a long time ago, and it does seem kinda fascinating. I'm more hoping for a guide for how to make something useful, like a home file server, which I have already done with Ubuntu + Samba. I should have taken the easy way with FreeNAS but thus far it's stable and my files are backed up (scattered across a dozen old hard drives in cold storage).

So....like a plex server with Radarr or Sonarr? If so, trash guides might be a good start:

https://trash-guides.info/

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

NoWake posted:

A few weeks after I'd moved into a new house, someone walking past left a shopping cart in my yard. I went over to the store and let them know, left my # and told the manager if they decided they wanted it back, it'd be ready on my porch. *I* didn't take it, and I'm not exactly excited about the prospect of walking it back empty if it's going to happen all the time.

A month passed and nobody came to take it off my porch. It's a nice cart. Sturdy, rolls smooth. But what in the world am I going to do with it?

Oh, now I know.


What kind of engine is that?

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

Leperflesh posted:

also drive two hours to get to a decent hospital

my wife and I have considered it over and over and this is always the sticking point, you don't actually have to die of a minor heart attack in this day and age, but maybe you do if you live somewhere that remote

If the heart attack doesn’t kill ya, the hospital bill might

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

Darchangel posted:

Yeah, that's what he said.

Oh, sure, you bet. Definitely prefer spending $thousands and hours of effort to spending $100.
I'd put a rotary in it before I spend time dealing with the 4AGE tax, never mind dealing with the small detail that 90% of 4AGEs are FWD and need a bunch of jankery to fit into a RWD chassis.
Hell, I'd put a GM 2.8L in there first. Or a 3.6. Or a Ford 3.9. Or a KA24. Whatever's newer, common, and in the junkyard, really.
Actually, an HO 2.8 would be kinda neat in something that light. I do have that friend with a bunch of Fieros...

edit: the 4AC made all of 80-something HP when new. This one is... far from new. 120HP from anything remotely modern and EFI would make it much more entertaining.
And yeah, really, I take your point. Spending money on the 4AC is a fool's errand.

NO. NOT KEEPING. RX-7 needs me!

Throw a rotary in the ae86

And then an 4age into the rx7! :smuggo:

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

Dr. Lunchables posted:

That’s fuckin dumb as hell

Yeah but it brought the shareholders value.

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

Ether Frenzy posted:

It is time for you to get Helldivers 2, friends.

One part Starship Troopers, one part Terminator, a heaping tablespoon of of Star Wars vehicles and then add another few ounces of Space WWI and muddle with half of a Space Vietnam. Awesome music, awesome one-liners, fully entertaining with your gaming buddies.

It sounds like fun but there's no single player.

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Been thinking about maybe getting V6 Camry, 2012-2014 SE or 2015-2017 XSE "sport" models with low miles.

Would probably have to travel to get one they are like the hen's teeth of Camrys lol

FWIW I had a 2012 XLE Camry. It was a comfortable commuter.

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mariooncrack
Dec 27, 2008

wesleywillis posted:

How the gently caress did I know?

Is there anyone famous from back then who wasnt: racist, anti-gay or didn't have sex with girls under the age of 18?

Dolly Parton?

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